scaphoid

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Shaped like a boat.

n. See navicular.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Shaped like a boat, navicular.

n. Carpal navicular bone.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Boat-shaped; resembling a boat; cymbiform: in anatomy applied to several parts.

n. In anatomy: The bone on the radial side of the proximal row of the carpus, articulating with the lunar, magnum, trapezoid, trapezium, and radius. Also called navicular, radiale. See cuts under Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, hand, and solidungulate.

n. One of the tarsal bones, placed at the inner side, between the astragalus and the three cuneiforms, and sometimes articulating also with the cuboid. Also called navicular. See cut under foot.

Three years ago Knox turned their attention to hand protection, patenting the SPS scaphoid protection system, which for the first time gave riders effective protection against common scaphoid injuries to the bone connecting the thumb to the wrist.

Eventually, we were led back to the exam room where the orthopedic surgeon confirmed that my son had broken his scaphoid - a little cashew shaped bone in the wrist which often has difficulty healing properly.

The angular prominence between the posterior margin of the vaginal process and the medial border of the scaphoid fossa is named the pterygoid tubercle, and immediately above this is the posterior opening of the pterygoid canal.